@article{Pedersen_Einarsen_2013, title={Sykepleierstudenters erfaring med relevansen av vitenskapsteori i praksisstudiene}, volume={9}, url={https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/helseforsk/article/view/2562}, DOI={10.7557/14.2562}, abstractNote={<p class="Toverskrift3" style="margin: 6pt 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Abstract</span></span></strong></span></p><p class="Toverskrift3" style="margin: 6pt 0cm;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">N</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">ursing students’ experiences of the relevance of the theory of science in </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">clinical practice</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"></span></span></span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: text1;" lang="EN-US">This article presents nursing students’ experiences of the relevance of the theory of science in </span></em><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;" lang="EN-GB">clinical practice. These experiences come to light in focus group interviews with third-year students. The results show that students may perceive the theory of science as vague and meaningless, while at the same time it gives them a perspective on the nursing profession and provides an opportunity to view their own practice from a critical perspective. However, the theory of science becomes more comprehensible through metaphor, more meaningful through narratives, and more concrete via nursing theories. When the students describe their experiences of the relevance of the theory of science, these descriptions are often related to their own life-world and their view of humanity.</span></em></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;" lang="EN-GB">The students would nevertheless like an opportunity to discuss the theory of science related to situations in clinical practice. They also accept that they are required to be theoretically prepared. The article concludes that the goal of such discussions, where the students share experiences related to the theory of science, is the process of gaining insight, not coming up with the “right” answers</span></em><span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;" lang="EN-GB">.</span></span></span></p>}, number={1}, journal={Nordisk tidsskrift for helseforskning}, author={Pedersen, Karen Louise and Einarsen, Kari Anne}, year={2013}, month={jun.}, pages={35–49} }